Former medical examiner to testify Trey Zwicker likely killed by one person

1:21 PM,
Jul. 11, 2013

Joshua Young, 16, sat at the defense table for a hearing in Judge Barry Willett's courtroom Tuesday. Young is accused of the beating death of his step-brother, Terrence 'Trey' Zwicker, last year. Jan. 31, 2012

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Jason Riley
jriley@courier-journal.com

Former Kentucky State Medical Examiner Dr. George Nichols will testify in Joshua Young's murder trial later this month that there is no evidence Young's step-brother, 14-year-old Trey Zwicker, was killed by more than one person.

In May, Young's father, Joshua Gouker, pleaded guilty to the murder, telling a judge that he beat the teen to death with a pipe in a fit of anger.

Defense attorneys for Young on Thursday filed notice that Nichols will testify Trey was killed likely by one person with an object like a pipe or baseball bat and "that the injuries inflicted .... far exceeded" those ...